theage.com.au — "In this world of instant gratification, email has become the new snail mail," says 25-year-old Rachel Quizon from Norwalk, Calif. She became addicted to instant messaging in college, where many students are logged on 24/7.
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jzp_diggJul 20, 2006
"You can have a conversation by IM or by phone, but not by email or writing letters." Wrong. You have long-running conversations, not short bursts of static. More meaning, less jawing. I look forward to the day that email is so unhip the spammers avoid it - heck, Usenet is mostly functional again because it is so passe.
kaboegelJul 20, 2006
"addicted to IM" ???doesn't that just mean she can't keep her mouth shut for a second, even is she has to type it?
Closed AccountJul 20, 2006
could someone explain the horse reference. i think i missed something
hoogieJul 20, 2006
Yeah, in college I had mine on 24/7 also, but I got so sick of the constant barrage of messages from bored people with nothing else to do (not to mention time spent typing messages to people who lived down the hall) that I quit using it almost entirely.